Whose camp?

[Stuart]

Just for fun this one.

whilst sorting through my files I came across photographs of some respected authors on the subject wilderness living skills, and thought it might make an interesting forum quiz to post some of pictures of these men and their camps and ask:

"whose camp is this?"

We'll start with these two images:

 

[JonathanD]

Piccies aren't working mate.

 

[Retired Member southey]

Is the top photo Sir Robert Baden-Powell?

 

[Stuart]

Is the top photo Sir Robert Baden-Powell?

both photographs are of the person in question, but its not Mr Powell

 

[shaggystu]

absolutely no idea at all so won't guess, but loving the old photo's, can we have some more please?

cheers

stuart

 

[sam_acw]

Not sure whose camp, I can't remember what the tent design's called but it's in Kephart's Woodcraft and Camping somewhere and the period looks about right so I'll go for Horace Kephart but probably be wrong.

 

[Wayland]

That was my guess too.

 

[Bravo4]

Last night I was reading HK, the Camp Fire chapter from Camping and I was thinking how nice a few more diagrams would be. That 2nd picture would fit perfectly on page 228. Has to be Kephart.

 

[jdlenton]

kephart was my initial reaction

 

[steve a]

The cooking one is Kephart at Birdtown in 1904, I dont know the location or date of the camp
.http://www.wcu.edu/library/digitalcoll/kephart/photoalbum/index.htm

For those interested

 

[Rychard]

the only name that i can come up with is a feller by the name of george w sears or nessmuk no idea if right but looks about theright era ??????

 

[drewdunnrespect]

loving the thread idea.

but no idea to who they are

 

[Acorn62]

I would have gone for George Garrat Sears...

 

[Acorn62]

Sorry that's George Washington Sears... but his period is a little too early methinks

 

[Acorn62]

Rychard,
Have you read his book? good eh!
If anyone wants it I have it on .pdf sans copyright.

 

[steve a]

The cooking one is Kephart at Birdtown in 1904, I dont know the location or date of the camp
.http://www.wcu.edu/library/digitalco...lbum/index.htm

For those interested

After a bit more digging, the camp picture is also Circa 1904 but afraid location unknown.

 

[Stuart]

Well done to Sam_acw, wayland, Bravo 4, Jdlenton and especially Steve a (for not only identifiying the camps owner, but also the year the photo was taken)

The camp belongs to Horace Kephart (1862 - 1931) author of 'Camping and Woodcraft'

 

[Rychard]

acron 62 yes have read woodcraft and camping a good read got it by mistake a good mistake for a change